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Show I The socinl evil (I use tho torm in a moro general sense thnn it is usually applied), is n Greatest far 8roa'or ovi "l tms country thnn the drinking habit. It is truo thnt the, lower t31H forms of tho social evil nnd intcmpornnco flf ffltf (lrinlinS nro alliwl cvils; thoy go hand sucu a dclicnto subject to hnndlo that it seems impossible to educate tho people to- wnrd righteous living in this rognrd. I By CARDINAL GIBBONS. Wo cun educat regarding tuberculosis nnd alcoholism, but tho peoplo must, for ob- """"" i vious reasons, rcmnin ignorant upon this most important of nil i i questions now confront-ing confront-ing tho American peoplo moro thnn ever boforo. Tho r'5i very oxistoneo of tho nation depends upon tho per- Kt I sonnl conduct of each mnn nnd ench woman. Both pf 2?? havo responsibilities thnt neither enn shirk. Seri- J. q I ous living on tho pnrt of our peoplo must tnko tho J. -JL- plnco of frivolous tendencies, if tho nation is to ltSlX. thrive nnd continue to bo happy. There is no in- 1 fluenco among mortnls so powerful for good as the V rclntions between the sexes. La |